James Gurney

This daily weblog by Dinotopia creator James Gurney is for illustrators, plein-air painters, sketchers, comic artists, animators, art students, and writers. You'll find practical studio tips, insights into the making of the Dinotopia books, and first-hand reports from art schools and museums.

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However, you can quote images or text without asking permission on your educational or non-commercial blog, website, or Facebook page as long as you give me credit and provide a link back. Students and teachers can also quote images or text for their non-commercial school activity. It's also OK to do an artistic copy of my paintings as a study exercise without asking permission.

In my mind, I always pictured sound as a 2D rippling plane (I guess that's how I've seen it in illustrations). But as you say, this picture shows it emanates from the source in a 3-dimensional manner. (Now that I think about it, this makes much more sense!)

By the way, I've really enjoyed your last series of posts on vegetation and forests. I found reading your analysis of the different methods very helpful. Coming to your blog is like attending a great art class, it's always a pleasure!

I found the link regarding dolphin communication fascinating. I recommend GJ readers to have a look at it. Here's a teaser:"Dolphins appear to have leap-frogged human symbolic language and instead have evolved a form of communication outside the human evolutionary path. In a sense we now have a 'Rosetta Stone' that will allow us to tap into their world in a way we could not have even conceived just a year ago. The old adage, ‘a picture speaks a thousand words’ suddenly takes on a whole new meaning.”